Sermons on Genesis

Where does all the evil in this world come from? Everyone has to answer that question. Are we just confusing evil with survival of the fittest or does the meaning of evil run much deeper? Come along as we hear God’s answer in the bible and how it makes sense of what we see around us and within us.

Genesis 1:1-2:3 What is God like? How should we treat the world and the people God has made? Listen in as we see the awesome rule and careful love of a creator we should serve and trust; and see humanity humbled yet given dignity as his image bearers.

Genesis 1:1-2:3 What is God like? How should we treat the world and the people God has made? Listen in as we see the awesome rule and careful love of a creator we should serve and trust; and see humanity humbled yet given dignity as his image bearers.

Genesis 35:1-15In the end Jacob became the leader of a nation, but it was a long and roundabout road the Lord took him down to get to that point. His experience is recorded for our learning and benefit.

Genesis 29:15-30 Often life doesn’t turn out as we would expect or like. But we can take heart from the experience of Jacob – the master who ended up serving, the deceiver who ended up being deceived, and the loser who was blessed.

Genesis 25:19-34 We often think God’s plan is use the ‘best and brightest’ but God’s raw material for his people has always been those who by nature are failures. Listen in as Tim Ward teaches on the barge weekend away from the life of Jacob – whom God made the father of the whole people of Israel.

Genesis 3:1-24 A London drinking song begins with the lyrics “Here’s to sin and here’s to virtue, a little bit of both won’t hurt you,” and the common feeling is that as long as no-one gets too badly hurt, there’s nothing wrong with a bit of grown-up naughtiness from time to time. Perhaps it’s time to say goodbye to old-fashioned categories like sin, guilt, good and bad, and forgiveness? Listen in as we look at one of the foundational texts of the Old Testament – Genesis 3 – and see what relevance it has in our morally ambiguous world.

Genesis‭ ‬41 For many people the question of how a loving God can permit suffering is not a cold philosophical issue but a deeply personal one.‭ ‬Where is God in the midst of so much suffering in this world‭? ‬And how could I trust a God who would allow this to happen‭?